Kinshiro Matsumoto

The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as a ghost hikyaku appeared in Edo,...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kōkichi Takada

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yukiyo Toake

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jūshirō Konoe

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all...

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kōkichi Takada

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while taking up arms to overthrow the local shogunate.

Genre: History

Cast: Miwa Takada

Two brothers, Takamaru and Kikumaru, are living with their father, Hakuraku-Ou, until one day Hakuraku-Ou is killed by "Death's-Head" Ginnosuke, a...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Kinshiro Matsumoto

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to...

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ushio Akashi